Tag: Adventitious presence
GMO Labeling And “The China Scenario”
Written by Steve Savage When asked, “Do you want foods that contain GMOs to be labeled?” most US consumers say, “Yes.” To those unfamiliar with the food system, this sounds like a simple request. The reality is that GMO labeling would be very complicated because it involves “negative identity preservation in low value, commodity channels.”…
The Bustamante Affaire reaches Nature magazine
Peruvian Biologist’s Defamation Conviction Overturned– Lucas Laursen, Nature, January 12, 2011A defamation case that hinges on a dispute over the presence of genetic modification in Peruvian maize crops, and that has attracted international attention, has moved back to square one – with a twist.Biologist Ernesto Bustamante Donayre was last April found guilty of defamation –…
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Science lives on in Peru: vindication of Ernesto Bustamante in Peru celebrated with the 2001st blog posting at GMO Pundit
Here at GMO Pundit we are taking the opportunity celebrate 2000 blog posts with the fantastic news that a legal victory has been obtained in Peru that is also a victory for those who value their own personal freedom to express scientific criticism. The scientific method is dead if we do not give full licence…
Production-chain management is key issue in GM crop escapes
Sloppy seed-sorting main culprit in GM crop escapes(Press release about a free access PLoS ONE article linked below)María Elena Hurtado17 December 2010 IMAGE: Honey bees transmit GM pollen to non-GM fields, but human error plays a bigger role in GM contamination Careless handling of seeds may be the key reason for the unintended spread of…
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Movement of genes via cross pollination from cotton fields subject of a scientific study.
SCIENCE DAILYTransgenic Crops: How Genes Jump from Crop to Crop1st December 2010A new data-driven statistical model that incorporates the surrounding landscape in unprecedented detail describes the transfer of an inserted bacterial gene via pollen and seed dispersal in cotton plants more accurately than previously available methods. Shannon Heuberger, a graduate student at the University of…
GM Report Adds Twist to Peruvian Defamation Case
SciDev Net – Zoraida Portillo, August 25, 2010 http://www.scidev.net/ ‘New report failed to find GM crops whose existence Bustamante challenged before being convicted of defamation’ An official study in Peru has found no evidence of transgenic maize crops in the valley of Barranca, casting doubt on earlier claims by a researcher of their illegal existence….
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